PBS Masterpiece has handed detective drama Maigret a second season, with filming already underway in Budapest.
Benjamin Wainwright is reprising the titular role, with Stefanie Martini returning as Madame Louise Maigret and Kerrie Hayes, Shaniqua Okwok and Reda Elazouar also back as ‘Les Maigrets,’ the sleuth’s loyal team of detectives. Nathalie Armin is also returning as Prosecutor Mathilde Kernavel, James Northcote as Joseph Moers, and Rob Kazinsky as Inspector Justin Cavre.
New to the cast is Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries), who plays Maigret’s boss and mentor, Director of Police Xavier Guichard. Suspicious about Maigret’s growing fame, he decides to ‘take him down a peg,’ and when one of Maigret’s colleagues leaves and another is transferred, former Internal Affairs officer George Bonfils (Alex Bhat) is named the replacement and quickly makes himself unpopular with Maigret’s team.
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